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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIALS (Restricts the use of a victim's gender or sexual orientation as a defense by any defendant claiming provocation, diminished capacity or self-defense and prohibits the court from allowing such information into evidence.) AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIALS (Restricts the use of a victim's gender or sexual orientation as a defense by any defendant claiming provocation, diminished capacity or self-defense and prohibits the court from allowing such information into evidence.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2018 HB 7066 Rhode Island HB 7066 (2018)
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Rhode Island HB 7066 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- TRIALS (Restricts the use of a victim's gender or sexual orientation as a defense by any defendant claiming provocation, diminished capacity or self-defense and prohibits the court from allowing such information into evidence.)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. 7066 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 710 (pass) · lower
  • AS AMENDED — 682 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bennett — primary (person)
  • Blazejewski — primary (person)
  • Costantino — primary (person)
  • Marshall — primary (person)
  • Mendonca — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2018-01-03 01/03/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2018-01-26 01/26/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2018)
  • 2018-01-30 01/30/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2018-05-04 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2018)
  • 2018-05-09 05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-05-18 05/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2018)
  • 2018-05-22 05/22/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
  • 2018-05-31 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
  • 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
  • 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed as amended in concurrence passage
  • 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa811e51-b5df-4fcb-8cab-921362216074. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).